Orton Wisegarver - got involved with International Student Exchange Programs about five years ago, first as host parent and then as Area Coordinator for another Exchange program. My wife and I have hosted for five years, and every one of our foreign exchange students has brought joy and fun into our lives. We are very committed to a world at peace, and believe that inter-cultural exchange helps immensely to reduce misunderstanding and mistrust that are the underpinnings of much of the tension in our ever-shrinking world. In our ‘real life’ we are both very involved in the web-database world of ecommerce, working with companies large and small to provide web presence, product and image reinforcement and web-fronted stores. Recently we have started a non-profit organization to help support a broader set of support services for Exchange Students in the Northern California area, putting together group trips for students to Disneyland, Yosemite, Hawaii and the giant Redwoods of Humboldt County. We hope to take about 12-15 students from the Northern California area on trips this next year, and be able to expand the program to an even wider group of students. – If you are interested, check out our website at http://www.worldpeacexchange.com.
Orton Wisegarver
Program Manager
NW Services PEACE Program
Pacifica, CA 94044 USA
1 866-683-3977
1 650 784-1332
E-mail exchangestdnt@aol.com